WoRMS taxon details
Pacifigorgia elegans (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)
290576 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:290576)
accepted
Species
Gorgonia crevauxi Stiasny, 1951 · unaccepted (synonym)
Gorgonia hartti Verrill, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Rhipidigorgia elegans Milne Edwards & Haime, 1957 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Rhipidigorgia elegans Milne Edwards & Haime, 1957) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 177 [details]
page(s): 177 [details]
McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2024). World List of Octocorallia. Pacifigorgia elegans (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=290576 on 2024-04-19
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Gorgonia hartti Verrill, 1912) Verrill, A.E. (1912). The gorgonians of the Brazilian coast. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2).</em> 15:373-404., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33245294
page(s): 391 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia crevauxi Stiasny, 1951) Stiasny, G. (1951). Alcyonides et gorgonides des collections du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (II). <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série A, Zoologie.</em> 3 (1):1-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57230986
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Rhipidigorgia elegans Milne Edwards & Haime, 1957) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 177 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. C.; Breedy, O. (2004). The Panamic Gorgonian Genus Pacifigorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the Galápagos Archipelago, with Descriptions of Three New Species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 55(3): 55-88., available online at http://www.archive.org/download/proceedingso551122004cali/proceedingso551122004cali.pdf
page(s): 55, 86 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 497 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 6, 213-214, 325, 339 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). A new species of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Panamá. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 128: 1-10.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breedy, O. (2001). A new species of Pacifigorgia from the eastern Pacific (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). [Una nueva especie de Pacifigorgia del Pacífico oriental (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)]. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10, 181-187.
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1959). Octocorals from Surinam and adjacent coasts of South America. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas.</em> 3 (1):1-43., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/881
page(s): 19-20 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2002). A revision of the genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 115(4): 782-839., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35519153
page(s): 781, 786, 792, 794, 795, 796, 812, 815 [details]
page(s): 391 [details]
original description (of Gorgonia crevauxi Stiasny, 1951) Stiasny, G. (1951). Alcyonides et gorgonides des collections du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (II). <em>Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Série A, Zoologie.</em> 3 (1):1-80., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57230986
page(s): 72 [details]
original description (of Rhipidigorgia elegans Milne Edwards & Haime, 1957) Milne Edwards H,. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires, ou polypes proprement dits. 1. <em>Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris.</em> 326 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12045211
page(s): 177 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record van Ofwegen, L.P., S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds). (2000-2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Williams, G. C.; Breedy, O. (2004). The Panamic Gorgonian Genus Pacifigorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the Galápagos Archipelago, with Descriptions of Three New Species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 55(3): 55-88., available online at http://www.archive.org/download/proceedingso551122004cali/proceedingso551122004cali.pdf
page(s): 55, 86 [details]
additional source Sánchez, J. A. (2007). A new genus of Atlantic octocorals (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae): systematics of gorgoniids with asymmetric sclerites. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 41(9-12): 493-509., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930701237315
page(s): 497 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Bayer, F.M. (1961). The shallow-water Octocorallia of the West Indian region. A manual for marine biologists. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and Other Caribbean Islands.</em> 12:1-373, pls. 1-23., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506065
page(s): 6, 213-214, 325, 339 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2003). A new species of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Panamá. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 128: 1-10.
page(s): 3 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Breedy, O. (2001). A new species of Pacifigorgia from the eastern Pacific (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). [Una nueva especie de Pacifigorgia del Pacífico oriental (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)]. <em>Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 10, 181-187.
page(s): 182 [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1959). Octocorals from Surinam and adjacent coasts of South America. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas.</em> 3 (1):1-43., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/881
page(s): 19-20 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Breedy, O.; Guzmán, H. M. (2002). A revision of the genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae). <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 115(4): 782-839., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35519153
page(s): 781, 786, 792, 794, 795, 796, 812, 815 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype MCZ 36186, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 36187, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 36188, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 36192, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 36194, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ 36195, geounit Trinidad and Tobago Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 58080, geounit Venezuelan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype YPM 4553a [details]
Nontype YPM 4553b [details]
Nontype YPM 4554 [details]
